June 2009

June 29, 2009

My friend here in town had a little baby girl about a week ago and I
am hoping to get to meet her this week. She is a tiny little thing,
only 6 lbs at birth! Can you imagine how small and yummy she
will be? I can't wait to hold her and nuzzle her and smell her sweet little head...I'm actually drooling.

Anyway,
I don't want to show up for my visit empty-handed so I embroidered her monogram on a little onesie
and made a teeny tiny itty bitty little skirt to go with it (it looks like it's for a babydoll). I have no
idea if the skirt will fit because I was totally winging it on the
measurements...and the um, pattern for that matter. But I wrote down all
of the raw measurements and seam allowances and took photos of the
whole process (nothing is spontaneous anymore!) so I can make a little
tutorial if it works out. And if it doesn't, I can send the skirt to Willa for her babydoll and I have lots of that
cute pink fabric to try again. With the measurements this time...and maybe a pattern. Or wait, maybe I'll just do a tutorial for a doll skirt...

June 16, 2009

With all of my hoop talk lately, my friend, Pam, coined a new nickname for me: The Happy Hooper. Cute, no? Well, I liked it so much I decided to draw it up and make a shirt out of it. This Happy Hooper (clearly not modeled after me if you know me) is supposed to look like a retro pin-up girl (which is um, NOT my body type no matter how much padding I use...) She is done almost exclusively in the stem stitch. I have a few other versions of her that I like as well so I am working on some embroidery patterns/kits/shirts for the shop. They should be ready in the next couple of weeks...assuming I can stop hooping long enough to work on them...I'll keep you posted.

June 11, 2009

If you've been playing along at home then you know how much I love to make baby blankets, especially now that the opportunities are becoming fewer and farther between (and especially when they are for baby girls!) This one is for my college friend, Kristin, who just (ok, 6 months ago) had her second daughter, Olivia. She is about the sweetest little baby you have ever met and has a super girly pink room full of butterflies. Lucky girl (Kristin, I mean).

Anyway, many years ago, I read somewhere that people with initials that spell something cool actually live longer than people who have either boring initials or really bad ones (like my brother-in-law who is DUM). I'm not sure who paid for that study...or who even thought of it...but if there is any truth to the idea then I expect sweet little Olivia will live a good long time.